Register for golf practice



Sept. 30, 1924. 1,509,825

F. A. CATON REGISTER FOR goLF PRACTICE.

Original fined Oct. 2, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 311 mm 1 I01 Sept. 30 1924. 1,509,825

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177% Catazg attozmq Patented Sept. 30, 1924.

UNITED STATES men A. canon, or LA GRANGE, ILLiNoIs.

REGISTER FOR GOLF PRACTICE.

Application filed October 2, 1922, Serial No. 591,952. Renewed February 1, 1924.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED A. CAToN, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada, residing at La Grange, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Registers for Golf Practice, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a register for golf practice, the general object of the invention being to provide means whereby the force with which a captive ball is struck will be registered so that the golfer can gain practice in making his drives uniform.

Another object of the invention is to provide means whereby the device can be easily and quickly reset to the zero position.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for steading theball in a position where it is to be struck by the club.

This invention also consists 1 in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a side view showing the invention in use.

Figure 2 is a front view.

Figures 3 and t are sectional detail views.

In these views 1 indicates a conical casing which is provided with a flange 2 at its large end which is adapted to be secured to a wall or other support, shown at The small end of the casing is of cylindrical shape, as shown at 3, and a shaft i is journaled in this cylindrical part by the ball bearings 5. The ball 6 is connected with the projecting end of this shaft by means of the flexible member 7 and a tassel 8 is connected with the ball for engaging the floor for steadying the ball in its driving position. A worm 9 is connected with theinner end of the shaft and a gear 10 is arranged to mesh with this worm. This gear is rotatably mounted on a shaft 11 which is movably sup ported in the casing and a spring 12, connected with the shaft and a part of the casing, acts to hold the gear in mesh with the worm though permitting the gear to be moved out of engagement with the worm. The gear is provided with the indications 13 and a finger 1 1 is mounted on the casing and is arranged to cooperate with the indications, said casing being provided with a sight opening 15.

From the foregoing it will be seen that when the ball 6 is struck the shaft 1 will be rotated through the ball traveling in a circle and the rotary movement of the shaft will be communicated to the gear 10 so that the force of the blow will be indicated by the finger 1d and the numerals 13. The parts can be reset by simply lifting the gear out of engagement with the worm and return ing it to the zero position. The face of the gear may be numbered both ways so that the device can be used by either a right handed or a left-handed driver.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is 1. A device of the class described comprising a casing, a shaft rotatably mounted therein, a ball, a flexible member connecting the ball with the shaft, an indicator wheel geared to the shaft, a pointer associated with the wheel and carried by the casing and means for disengaging the wheel from the shaft.

2. A device of the class described comprising a casing, a shaft rotatably mounted therein, a register associated with the shaft and casing, a ball, a flexible member connecting the same with the shaft and means on the ball for steadying the same in its driving position.

3. A. device of the class described comprising a casing, a shaft rotatably mounted therein, a register associated with the shaft and casing, a, ball, a flexible member connecting the same with the shaft, means on the ball for steadying the same in its driving position, such means consisting of a tassel carried by the ball and arranged to engage the floor.

4:. A device of the class described comprising a support, a horizontal shaft journaled thereon, a ball and a flexible member by which it is suspended from said shaft and operatively engaged therewith for rotating the shaft When the ball revolves about the shaft axis, a Worm on the shaftand a gear Wheel carried by the support to mesh With said Worm, index means associated With the Wheel for adapting it to register the revolutions of the ball and a yielding mounting for said pear whereby it may be temporarily disengaged from the Worm and freely rotated for resetting the index readin A device of the character described comprising a base, a part extending horizontally therefrom when said base is mounted a distance above the floor by securenient to a vertical support, means journaled upon said part for rotation about a horizontal axis perpendicular to the base, a ball suspended from said rotating part clear of the floor, aregister, and means operatively (on- 0 necting the same to therotating part.

In testimony Whereol' I athx my signature.

FRED A. CATON. 

